Trim HTML tags from NSString

gistfile1.m

- (NSString *)flattenHTML:(NSString *)html
           trimWhiteSpace:(BOOL)trim {

	NSScanner *theScanner = [NSScanner scannerWithString:html];
	NSString *text = nil;

	while (! [theScanner isAtEnd]) {
		// Start of the tag
		[theScanner scanUpToString:@"<"
		                intoString:NULL];
		// End of the tag
		[theScanner scanUpToString:@">"
		                intoString:&text];

		// Replace the found tag with a space
		html = [html stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@>", text]
											   withString:@" "];
	}

	// Trim off whitespace
	return trim ? [html stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]] : html;
}